A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Cohabitation, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Feb 4th, 2020
What’s more romantic than what Charlie Hunnam and his girlfriend are already doing — showing up for each other day after day, year after year, even though there’s nothing legally making them do that;?
Posted in Expectations, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Sex on Dec 31st, 2019
If sex matters to you and you expect it in your romantic relationship, there’s only one way to know if your partner’s on the same page as you are — talk about it and come to some agreements and continue to talk about it.
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Live Apart Together, Marital plan, Marriage, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife on Dec 17th, 2019
The problem is many women are all too willing to give up their dreams, hopes and aspirations once they get into a romantic relationship.
Posted in engagement, Expectations, Marital plan, Marriage, Needs, Parenting prenup, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Weddings on Nov 5th, 2019
You and your partner have a unique relationship– why would you want to have the same marriage everyone else has?
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Oct 1st, 2019
Demi Moore’s new memoir reveals an essential truth — if you don’t know why you’re getting married, the marriage is probably not going to be a healthy one.
Posted in Children, Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on May 28th, 2019
Unmarried and child-free women are the happiest people. Or so says Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics. Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how happy they are. When the spouse is not present: fucking […]
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Fathers, Gender, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Needs, Parenting, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women on May 7th, 2019
Women do more more chores and caregiving than men do, and we are getting fed up. Here’s how to change that.
Posted in Dating, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Mar 12th, 2019
J.Lo didn’t need to marry again, but J.Lo said didn’t need to marry again but now that’s engaged, was she really telling the truth to her partner and herself, or did she just change her mind?her engagement proves that there are no guarantees in love.
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Millennials, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Feb 26th, 2019
Relationship contracts aren’t really about limiting a partner’s NPR listening and football watching.
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Cohabitation, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Love, Marital plan, Men, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Women on Dec 11th, 2018
When Mandy Len Catron wrote about her relationship contract with her partner in the New York Times’ Modern Love, it get a lot less love than her earlier and much-read Modern Love essay on the 36 questions that can lead you to fall in love with anyone, which led to her charming and insightful book, […]
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